Yngwie J. Malmsteen/Talk

This article is terrible - it makes Malmsteen out to be someone deeply significant in the guitar world, which he certainly isn't - noteworthy and deserving of an article, yes, but he is regarded as an anachronism and posibly even an embarrassment by most guitarists. (I studied guitar at both Berklee and GIT, so I don't think I am out of my depth here).

I'll be rewriting it considerably to put Malmsteen back into some sort of perspective. - MMGB

MMGB, you did a great thing here -- the original was lifted directly from Malmsteen's own website, which is surely not kosher, copyright wise. (Nor, as you point out, objectivity-wise!)

Can I ask you a favor? Can you be sure that your rewrite doesn't contain anything from the original, i.e. that this is not a 'derived work'? Having the same facts is o.k., and even relying on the original for some facts is fine, but the wording should be all Wikipedia. --Jimbo Wales

Jimbo - I rewrote every word - the only thing I cut and pasted was the phrase "19th-century violin virtuoso Nicolo Paganini" which I don't think is a copyrightable phrase. - ManningBartlett

Sweet. You've crushed my apelike illusions about the magesty of Yngwie's talent, though. :-) -- Jimbo Wales

Manning, thank you. I myself was so crushed by the majest of his 'burning strat licks' in the previous version that I couldn't even begin to rewrite. (p.s., he's a representative of 'neo-classical metal', the Heavy metal page, says! Me, I'm a sucker for neoclassical anything.) --MichaelTinkler